The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1887-07-10

age of sixty years, may be retired upon
one-half pay.
| O. And be it enacted, That any member
having attained the age Of fifty years, who
shall have honorably served upon such
cat on to the board having charge of the
police department of such city, be volun-
tarily retired upon half pay.
3. And be it enacted, That any member
of such force having received permanent
disability by reason of accident incurred
at any time in the service, or by reason of
| disease contracted in the service after ten
years in the service, shall be retired upon
half pay.
f. And be it enacted, That every men,
Der of such force shall be paid full com
pensation or salary during temporary disa-
bility occasioned while in the performance
of his or their duty.
5. And be it enacted, That in any city or
municipality in which this act shall become
operative in the manner herein provided,
the board or authority having control of
the finances of such city or municipality
shall borrow sum suft lent to cover all
pensions and matters above stated required
duiirg the remainder of the current fiscal
year of such city or municipality, or may
money of said city or municipality not
OF ierwise appropriated. and shall thereaf-
ter annually put IN the annual tax levy
raised in said city or municipality sum
tqual to at least four per centum of the
salaries In the aggregate paid to the police
force of such city, to be used and kept ex-
clusively as fund out of which payment
of the pensions and matters herein stated
shall be made as provided for IN this act.
6. And be it enacted, That in any city
or municipality in which this act shall be-
come operative, the board or com mittee
having charge or control of the police
force or department in any such city Or
municipality shall and are hereby en-
powered to regulate the pensions and
matters above stated, and make all re-
quisite rules and regulations necessary
therefor not inconsistent with this act.
Z. And be it enacted, That the board or
committee having charge or control of
the police force or department in any
such city or municipality wherein this act
shall become operative. as herein pro-
vided, Immediately upon receiving or
being paid any of the moneys raised for
or constituting the fund provided for in
section five of this act, shall thereupon
proceed to securely invest any and all of
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propriated to the immediate payment of
any of the pensions and matters above
stated in Understanding bonds of such
city or municipality, which said bonds
shall be held, kept and maintained exclu-
siyely for the benefit, use, purposes and
credit of such fund.
s. And be il enacted, That the board of
aldermen or common council of any city
may, by resolution, at any time submit
tue question of acceptance or rejection of
this act to the voters at any charter or
general election and if a majority of those
who shall vote for the acceptance or re-
lection shall be IN favor of the acceptance
of the act, then this act shall 60 into eff
feet Immediately, and the grant of powers
herein made to any such city shall be
deemed to be accepted by such CITY, and
such city shall be bound by the terms of
this act persons entitled to vote at any
chsrter or municipal election where this
question is submitted to them, shall eX-
press their assent or rejection of this act
by deposlting their ballots in the box pro-
Yided for depositlng ballots at such cleo
ton in the election precincts or wards
of any such city, and those who
are in favor of the acceptance Of this act
and the grants and powers therein con-
tanned, shall each deposit ballot con
tanning the words "police pension ac-
cepted written or printed or partly
written and partly printed thereon, aud
those who are opposed shall each deposit
ballot with the words "police pension
rejected" written or printed, or partly
written and partly printed thereon /; and
this acceptance or rejection may be eX-
pressed upon the ballot on which are the
names of the state, city or ward officers,
and no separate ballot shall be required
for the purpose of this vote; there shall be
canvass, on the return of the votes,
upon this question of such acceptance OF
rejection, made by the election officers in
the same way and manner as for officers
voted for at such election, and if ma
iority of the ballots on which there shall
be either the words police pension ac-
cepted,., or "police pension rejected,
shall be found to be for the acceptance of
this act, it shall then, but not otherwise,
90 int, effect and be binding upon such
city wherein such vote shall have been
taken.
Approved March 3oth, 1887.
CHAPTER LXXI.